In the summer of 2008 (the football season in Iceland is played from May to September due to harsh winter) the team was 1 point and 8 goals from being promoted to Úrvalsdeild (1st level in pyramid).

Before the 2010 season the club's board decided to hire a retired and well known Icelandic football player, Guðmundur Benediktsson, as the team's new head coach.

Guðmundur had no experience as a football coach and the summer was very difficult for him and the inexperienced team which was based on young local players.

The partnership also sees the two clubs exchanging coaching philosophies and allows Brentford to utilise Selfoss' scouting network.

[3] Selfoss players Svavar Berg Jóhannsson and Daniel Thorstein Thorsteinsson spent a period training with Brentford in October 2013.